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Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

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A shameless Japanese netizen said on the American version of Zhihu Quora: "Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?"

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

During World War II, China was greatly hurt by Japan, but after the war, Japan did not even apologize, as if it thought that all this had never happened, and not only that, but Japan's attempt to tamper with history textbooks was simply shameless.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

Nowadays, many Japanese people do not even know the existence of the war of aggression against China, and some people have done tests on the streets of Japan, and the testers interviewed the Japanese and did not know about the war of aggression against China, most of these Japanese people said that they did not know, and even some Japanese had never heard of the war of aggression against China.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

I can only say that Japan's brainwashing has been so successful that many people do not understand this history, and I think that it will be even more difficult to ask Japan to apologize as time goes by, and Japan has never sincerely apologized.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

To this day, many people are paying respects at the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Japanese war criminals who fought in the war of aggression against China.

Now, 70 years have passed, and the older generation of Japanese is gone, and the new generation of Japan does not know that this history exists, and now there is a historical fault, and perhaps this is Japan's conspiracy.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

In the face of questions from Japanese netizens, many people also commented below, and an American netizen commented that Japan has not yet issued a sincere apology, and now many Japanese citizens don't even know why they apologize.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

Japan's surrender was the last thing they wanted to accept, because the Japanese spirit of bushido did not allow them to fail, and once they admitted defeat, then the Japanese emperor would fall from the altar, and in order to maintain the dignity of the emperor, Japan refused to apologize to China after the war.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

They even fabricated many lies, claiming that they were not invading China at all, in order to avoid the court's trial, and then Japan began to try to erase this historical memory, and they began to falsify textbooks in an attempt to portray Japan as a positive character.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

So much so that many Japanese citizens know almost nothing about their own history, if not at all, that World War II is "in the past", and many Japanese consider themselves not aggressors, but victims.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

The Japanese have always been haunted by the fact that the United States dropped the atomic bomb, and the school has always emphasized that Japan was bombed by the United States, but they do not know the damage that Japan has caused to China.

There are even some radical Japanese who believe that Japan's aggression against China was fabricated by the Americans, and they deny the crimes committed by Japan in China.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

Later, another foreign netizen said that your family is happy and you could have sat down to eat together, but then suddenly a group of invaders broke into your home, ransacked your home, and also killed your family.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

They should have been punished by the law, but they were not punished in any way after the defeat, and decades have passed and they have not even apologized to you, this is what Japan did, so we cannot forgive them.

Immediately afterwards, another American netizen commented, don't forget the military museum next to the Yasukuni Shrine, the museum tells a false history, and from this point of view, Japan is insincere.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

Unlike Japan, Germany was also a fascist defeated country, but they made a profound apology after the war, and although both countries were defeated countries, at least Germany was more sincere than Japan, and what Japan did was more like a villain.

Another British netizen commented that Japan has not apologized for past war crimes, and unlike Germany, the Japanese government has spoken rhetorically and enshrined their war criminals in the Yasukuni Shrine.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

And then what's worse is that Japan's high-ranking government officials go to the Yasukuni Shrine every year, and the behavior of Japanese officials has caused many people to be dissatisfied, and the war criminals at the Yasukuni Shrine are each stained with the blood of the Chinese, but the Japanese officials have no regard for all this.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

Under Japan's war crimes and atrocities, almost a generation of Chinese people were killed by Japan, but despite this, Japan still went its own way, and they did not mention the war of aggression against China, but what they did not know was that history will not be forgotten, and every Chinese will remember this history.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

With the development of technology, more and more history has been "digitized", it is preserved all over the world, and everyone can access it, even if Japan falsifies history, but the real history will never dissipate.

Immediately afterwards, another foreign netizen commented that Japan's behavior of covering up the truth of history is really shameful, they only allow Japan's positive history to appear in history books, and for Japan's negative history, they try to make it "disappear".

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

It's really hard to imagine that Japan is anti-war, maybe it's just a disguise for them, what kind of government would declare itself peaceful while passing laws to allow arms expansion, which is why all of Asia is demanding a formal apology from Japan.

Japan's build-up of armaments shows that it still has ambitions, which is why many countries will resist such acts.

Japanese netizens: Why does Japan continue to apologize for past war crimes?

To this day, a large number of people in Japan still beautify Japan's crimes of aggression and excuse their former war of aggression against China.

However, if one day they realize the mistakes of their ancestors, take the initiative to apologize to China on their behalf, and admit all the crimes in the war of aggression against China, will you forgive them?